Brad Hodge scored a fifty but it went in vain as Chennai won the match by 11 runs to go to the top of the points table.

Jadeja hit a couple of good blows before falling to Bollinger on 19.

The Chennai bowlers maintained a tight line, not letting the Kochi batsmen score freely. Brad Hodge was trying to keep Kochi in the game with a steady knock as he took the team past 100. However, the run-rate was always creeping up and it was down to the last 3 overs with the Tuskers needing 50 more to win.

Parthiv Patel promotion to the top failed as the Kochi skipper fell in the 3rd over to R Ashwin for 6.

Dhoni was the next to depart, becoming Jadeja's second scalp.

Michael Hussey was living dangerously - the umpire turining down an appeal for a catch off Jadeja despite the ball clearly coming off the bat while Parthiv Patel missing a stumping opportunity off Hodge. However, his luck ran out as he holed out to Gnaneswara Rao off Jadeja on 32. Dhoni was the next to depart, becoming Jadeja's second scalp.

Badrinath and Hussey tried to consolidate the innings but the former fell to Brad Hodge on 13 to leave Chennai in a spot of bother.

Vijay then got into the act by hitting RP SIngh for 3 boundaries in an over. However, RP Singh extracted his revenge in the same over by shattering the stumps with a yorker to send back Vijay for 16. Suresh Raina began well before he holed out to RP Singh off Sreesanth to depart on 19.